Railway passenger-car



constructing side of car. `larged horizontal sectionof a post, showing NiTED STATES PATENT Garten.

WILLIAM i-i. raten, or oLnvnLANn, oHio.

RAILWAY PAssENeER-eAi-i.

SPCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,622,` dated January 8, 1884. Application-filed August $29, i583. (No model.)

i cars, as hereinafter described and claimed.

i ie l In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of apassenger-ear embodying my improvements, showing parts broken aw ay te better illustrate the interior construction. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, showing one-half of outside and one-half of inside finish.` Fig. 3 is a iioor plan, showing arrangement of seats` and aisles. Fig. 4 shows arrangement of sills. Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section of side wall of car, showing arrangement of windowsash and panels. `Fig. 6 is anenlarged sectional view of one of the side posts, showing arrangement of window sill and nietliod` of Fig. 7 is an en- `arrangement of sash and panel therewith. Fig. 8 shows forni of carlines in constructing the roof and method of attaching same to the side walls of the car.

A A in the several figures are the sills for the foundation, and consist of angle and T iron, the two side sills being of angle and the interior ones being of T-rails. The two side rails arefilled with wood, and one side of the T-rails is filled with wood, firmly bolted together, thus forming the support for the flooring of the car. The two side rails are made shorter than the interior rails, which, extending beyond the ends ofthe ear, forni the supports for the end platforms. Y A i B B are T-iron pests, set in pairs, having a portion of the web cut out so as to lit them to the side rails, A, to which they are secured `by bolts or screws. B B2 B are flanges on the post B. The ianges B IB2 secure the sash, and B3 secures the side paneliiig. The wide spaces between said posts are intended for windows, while the narrow spaces are closed with paper panels. rlhe tops of said posts are secured to an iron cap-rail, C. A iiat iron bar, D, is secured on the outside of said posts on a line with the `bottoni of the window-openings. The cap C the windows.

and the bar D secure all the posts together, and the said posts are also braced on. the inside below the window-openings by cross-bar This completes the side frame-` bar D. Above the window-openings is placed a lettering-plate of paper, over the top edge of which the lower edge of the cap-piece C lies, and the spaces between the ilanges of the posts arefilled in with paper pieces, giving a neat and strong finish to the outside above The sash for the windows rest against the iianges B of the posts, as seen in Fig. 7, and slide between said iiange and a stop, t, secured to the web of the post. The ends of the ear are made like the sides, with posts set up in like manner, the corners being made with a quarter-bent panel secured to two posts like the other panels. els are further supported by a wooden post, p, fitted into the hollow of the panel and secured between the two posts, as seen in Fig. 3. The door-posts are constructed in like manner te the said corners, and by this arrangement the doorways are wider than usual, and are closed by double sliding doors, male ing the ingress and egress tothe car more convenient. In the plan shown in Fig. 3 the seats are arranged in the central part of the car, with an aisle en each side, thereby greatly increasing the seating capacity over the sideseat plan. A sash-partition, K, is placed at 'each end of the row of seat-s opposite the doorways, which serve to break the currents of i air when the car is in motion and the doors are open.

The roof is constructed of the saine material as the body.

rlhe carlines F are formed of the T-iron, as represented in Fig. 8, and are secured to the plate C, the web of the carline being cut away to fit over a wooden iilling-plate, C, the outer edge of which forms a molding under the eaves The corner pan- IOO of the roof. Over the said earlines is placed a paper roofing, the lower edge of which is turned down over the edge of said molding. The dome of the roof is provided with ventilating-Windows, in similar manner to other cars now in use.

The paper pancling is capable of being painted and highly finished, and in my construction the said panels are finished on both the outside and inside alike, so that linings or ceilings other than these panels are unnccessary, thus rendering the car lighter in weight and appearance.

Having described my invention, I claiml. The combination, in a ear constructed of iron and paper, of the wooden filling in the corners, and door-posts of a car, substantially as specified.

2. The arrangement of a central row of reversible -back seats, and the partitions K with side aisles in a car, as shown and described.

The T-iron posts B B, side rails, A, caprail C, bar-D, and cross-braces d, substantially as described, and i'or the purposes set forth.

4. The T-iron posts B B, side rails, A, caprail C, bar D, and cross-braces d, the space below the Window being filled with paper panels, all united and secured in the manner specified.

,5. In a car, the seats placed transversely in the center thereof, whereby two side aisles are formed, in combination with the sash-partition K, as speciiicd.

6. A railway-car the outer and inner paneling whereof are made of paper, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM Il.. PAIGE.

Witnesses:

GEO. NV. Tinnirrs, E. XV. LAIRD. 

